Behrens

At the show, Aaron Behrens, the over-the-top, wildly expressive front man strutted around with uninhibited gyrations, tight pants and flowing locks; his partner Thomas Turner - the low-key, composed half - donned his signature cape and provided hook after hook while lurking like a musical mad scientist inside the synthesizer/drum station.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010

Still, Mr. Behrens said he felt the city's dramatic precautions were justified.

Vulnerable Battery Park City Already Dries Out Amy Chozick 2011

Behrens, outgoing and talkative, appeared in a blue plaid shirt and sideways baseball cap, while Turner, tall and soft-spoken, sported a black zip-up hoodie from the 9: 30 Club in DC.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010

Among others they played "Codename: Rondo", the quirky title track off the new album, where Behrens talks almost the entire song about a convenience store trip, a man named Jim and some "dranks"; later, he shouted out to the audience "It's time to get your roller skates on!" before busting into perennial favorite "Silver City" during the encore.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010

Behrens, outgoing and talkative, appeared in a blue plaid shirt and sideways baseball cap, while Turner, tall and soft-spoken, sported a black zip-up hoodie from the 9: 30 Club in DC.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010

Among others they played "Codename: Rondo", the quirky title track off the new album, where Behrens talks almost the entire song about a convenience store trip, a man named Jim and some "dranks"; later, he shouted out to the audience "It's time to get your roller skates on!" before busting into perennial favorite "Silver City" during the encore.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010

In 1925 Peter Behrens had designed Britain's first white concrete box, New Ways in Northampton.

British architecture: modernism 2011

A style by "Designer for Tomorrow" finalist Thomas Behrens from 2010 features a look for which German is best known: hard geometrical lines combined with simple tailoring and neutral tones.

Fashion auf Deutsch 2011

In Germany, Peter Behrens and his students Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe saw buildings as, in Mies's words, "the spirit of the epoch translated into form".

British architecture: modernism 2011

At the show, Aaron Behrens, the over-the-top, wildly expressive front man strutted around with uninhibited gyrations, tight pants and flowing locks; his partner Thomas Turner - the low-key, composed half - donned his signature cape and provided hook after hook while lurking like a musical mad scientist inside the synthesizer/drum station.

Stephanie Keller: Interview with Ghostland Observatory: Laser Beams, Dance Parties, Alter Egos and Codename: Rondo Stephanie Keller 2010